March 8 Raw and Impact ratings

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Source: F4wonline.com

WWE RAW drew a 3.4 cable rating, down from last week's strong 3.7.

TNA iMPACT! drew a 1.0 cable rating, down from Thursday's 1.1 rating.

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WWE RAW on 3/8 did quarter hours of 3.45, 3.15, 3.27, 3.15, 3.39, 3.56, 3.27, and 3.6 with a 3.98 over-run. RAW finished in third and fifth place. 5.1 million viewers tuned in. P18-49: 2.28; M18-49: 2.90. Versus the prior 4 weeks: P18-49: flat; M18-49: -4%. The lowest rated night in last 5 weeks among M18-49

- TNA iMPACT! on 3/8 did quarter hours of .99, .98, 1.00, 1.07, 1.07, 1.03, .95, and .76 with a 1.01 over-run. They were able to maintain a strong audiance throughout the show which is good news. You also need to keep in mind that WWE is in their 'peak time' w/ WrestleMania hype.

1.0 is not good. Yes, WWE saw a small drop, but ratings have been up and down lately. Impact however, has been down for the most part.

1.0 is good on the first night of a live show up against Raw. Nice work TNA especially when they started at 9

That is worse then the Thursday ratings. They are going to figure out that they should have stayed put real soon and probably be back on Thursday real soon.

It is down by .1 ... AGAINST RAW. How is that bad?

that is good

What happens if the Impact replay on Thursday gets better ratings? Why would any network keep Impact in the spot where they are sure to lose? Impact has had much better ratings then 1.0. Hell, even the worst wrestling program they ever did had better ratings then that.

Rome wasn't built in a day CJ ...

No, but when you truly believe you can take on WWE, the last thing you want is to have a 1.0 for your debut show on Monday nights every week.

TNA fired the first shot at WWE and it did not even make it to WWE. 1.0 did not put the WWE on notice that TNA is "taking over Monday night."